Imitation fire



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nutren sra/rss HERBERT HENRY BERRY, 0F LONDON, ENGLAND.

IMTATION FIRE.

Application filed January 3, 1924,r Serial No. 684,264, and in Great BritainA January 25, 1923. l

In the specification of my Letters Patent No. 186,234 l have described an imitation fire in which a dog grate or other 'suitable nre place contains imitation fuel under or behind which are electric lamps or gas lights and rotary flicker-producing devices. Adljacent to the dog grate or fire place is a reflector and one or more heating elements, say for example, electric resistances, the arrangement of the reflector and the said heating agents being such that the heat from the latter isI directed or thrown by the reflector' across the firel7 into the apartment or place in which the imitation fire is installed.

rllhe present invention has reference to fires of this kind and consists in modifica.- tions or improvements therein.

according kto the present invention instead of' employing reflectors as described in the said specification, or it may be in combination therewith, I use a reflector positione'd above the fireand having its lower part more forwardly arranged than the upper or central partk and preferably so'construeted that the said redector appears to be a canopy above an ordinary lire and I use the front face of this canopy-reflector to direct heat rays received by it from a heating element positioned above the fire and preferably hidden as by placing it behind tlie frieze or equivalent of' the mantelpiece within which the fire is placed.

l may also construct the back part or the back upper part, of the fire and so position a reflector according to my cited specification, and other than the canopy reflector, and which l will refer to as the back reflector so that light from the lamps or equivalents is directed through that part on to the back reflector. This may be aecomplished by simply leaving the said partopen or by placing it in panels or frames adapted to colour the light or break it up.

lilith openings or light gaps of suitable sizes and which may be quite irregular in shape and with the oppositely rotating flicker devices I am able to obtain on the back reflector waving tapered reflections which very closely resemble flames, in addi*- tion to which part of the fuel may be reflected and thus the appearance of the lire is greatly enhanced.

.l may if l so desire construct back reflectors to radiate heat below the lire as well as above it by using extended back reflectors or by employing additional back refleetors suitably positioned at the lower back part of the fire.

l will now ydescribe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is substantially a sectional View of a fire place containing a fire and one of my canopy reflectors above the fir as well as a back reflector substantially behind the fire.

F 2 shows the same fire place and other parts in front elevation.

Figs. 3 and t show coloured screens.

F ig. 5 shows in outline an arrangement including the use of one of these screens and Fig. 6 shows a modification.

ln Figs. l and 2 the lire a is substantially as that described in my cited speeiiieation but the lamp b has two oppositely rotating fans o above it. Behind the fire is a reflector (Z adapted to reiie'ct light from the fire in a forward direction. The rays of light are broken by the fans c and because these fans rotate in opposite directions these rays are produced in the form or appearance of substantially vertical and flickering flames as seen at m.

Above the lire l provide a reflector e which has the appearance of an ordinary smoke canopy and I position a heating element at f which is adapted to throw heat on to the canopy-reflector which re-direets the heat rays outwardly as seen by the ar rows e.

For the purpose of getting a more broken eifect in the light on the reflector d I may litfa perforated plate such as g Fig. 3, into the back of the fire, or instead of using a perforated plate I may use a coloured screen such as L, Fig. t.

In Fig. 5 the general construction is much the same as that shown in Fig. l but instead of fitting a panel substantially across the back of the tire l may leave an opening at z' along the upper part of the back and I may use a colouring means, say a screen. in it if desired. In these figures I have not shown a heating element for the reflector Z but the same may be used, as in cited speclfication3 Fig. 6 is a reproduction of Fig. 5 with the addition of a. heating element at 7c adapted in conjunction with the reflector Z to throw heat rays across the hearth under the lire. f

I have Shown a canopydike reflector of plein design but it muy he ornamental and he supported in any desired manner including hy ineane of uprights 'from the frame of the fire in which case the lire and the canopy-reflector would loe L unit in which case the heating element for the canopyreflector could he carried by arms or a, bracket extending` therefrom. Other modifications are poseihlc within thc scope following claim.

Vxhat I claim is:

A heat reflecting element :for use with imitation lire constructions, including :i rclcctor arranged above the imitation tiro and simulating :L smoke canopy for such in'iitnl'ion tire, the outer Surface ol' the reflector hcing` downwardly and outwardly curved lo reflect heat rays from :in independent source olE heat. h Irwitness whereof I have hereunto Set my HERBERT HENRY BERRY. 

